GRE Word List

ELLIPTICAL

of, relating to, or shaped like an ellipse

The meaning of the word elliptical is of, relating to, or shaped like an ellipse.

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WordMeaning
disquisitiona formal inquiry into or discussion of a subject : discourse
peregrinationto travel especially on foot : walk
hirelinga person who serves for hire especially for purely mercenary motives
edifyto instruct and improve especially in moral and religious knowledge : uplift
surgeto rise and fall actively : toss
deignto condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved : stoop
bentunenclosed grassland
detainto hold or keep in or as if in custody
faunaanimal life
ambiguousdoubtful or uncertain especially from obscurity or indistinctness